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SFJAZZ presents GRAMMY-winning bassist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello, who brings music from her 2023 Blue Note debut The Omnichord Real Book. Ndegeocello built a career as an uncompromising artist whose ...

World-class musicians break down musical concepts at various levels of difficulty, from beginner to advanced.

For this edition of The Breakdown, bass legend, composer, and producer Marcus Miller takes a group of three bassists at varying levels of experience through the process of learning his ...

Born in Chicago, Ackamoor founded The Pyramids in 1970 while studying at Ohio’s Antioch College, a hotbed of progressive thought and radical creativity. Inspired by avant-garde legend Cecil Taylor, who led the college’s Black Music Ensemble, Ackamoor began crafting a sound that defied boundaries....

Singer and multi-instrumentalist Melanie Charles performs her composition “Jazz School” during her performance on September 21, 2025, part of the SFJAZZ 2025-26 Season and produced in collaboration with SMARTBOMB.

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Electronic musician, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Mark de Clive-Lowe performs his composition “Bushido II” from his 2019 album “Heritage II” during his performance on September 21, 2025, part of the SFJAZZ 2025-26 Season and produced in collaboration with SMARTBOMB.

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SFJAZZ’s 2025-26 Season features a multitude of saxophone greats, with Kamasi Washington, Azar Lawrence, Branford Marsalis, Nicole McCabe, Sarah Hanahan, and David Sanchez and Chris Potter from our own SFJAZZ Collective performing over the first four months alone.

In this exclusive video, we sh...

This installment of The Breakdown presents pearls of wisdom from piano titan Kenny Barron, who counsels pianists Elena Weng and Morgan Harrison on the concepts of touch and leaving space — critical aspects of piano performance that make musicians unique and can separate a good pianist from a trul...

Iconic bassist, composer and bandleader Ron Carter joins SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard for a lively conversation. They discuss Mr. Carter’s work with Miles Davis’ Quintet and A tribe Called Quest, as well as touching stories about Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams. Mr. Carte...

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